Tamron Co Ltd operates within the Optical instruments and lenses sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Tamron Co Ltd with three other glass product manufacturers in Asia: Suzhou Jinfu Technology Co Ltd of China (2017 sales of 3.02 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$434.37 million] of which 70% was Electro-Optical Thin Film Device), Asia Optical Company Incorporated of Taiwan (18.69 billion Taiwanese Dollars [US$605.45 million] of which 47% was Optical Component), and Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group Co Ltd which is based in China (2.85 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$409.11 million] of which 99% was Electronic Video).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2017, sales at Tamron Co Ltd were ¥60.50 billion (US$531.76 million). This is a very small increase of 1.0% versus 2016, when the company's sales were ¥59.90 billion. Despite this increase, sales are still well below the level achieved in 2015, when Tamron Co Ltd reported sales of ¥71.95 billion. The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Tamron Co Ltd had sales of ¥64.35 billion. Sales of Lens-Related Businesses saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 43.1% in 2017, from ¥2.36 billion to ¥3.38 billion. Tamron Co Ltd also saw significant increases in sales in Specialized Machine-Related Business (up 10.1% to ¥11.83 billion) . Not all segments of Tamron Co Ltd experienced an increase in sales in 2017: sales of Photography-Related Business fell 3.2% to ¥45.29 billion.